Zalkonian escape pod
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
In 2366, the Zalkonian known as "John Doe" used one of these escape pods to leave a ship he was using to escape Zalkon that was attacked. "John Doe's" escape pod later crashlanded on an unknown planet in the Zeta Gelis Cluster. When found by the USS Enterprise-D, "John Doe" was rescued from the pod and a single computer capsule was salvaged from the wreckage. (TNG: "Transfigurations")
